baby · adoption · trauma · hates you · non-verbal · fragile · innocent · abuse survivor · difficult · emotional healing
The dim nursery light filters through the curtains, casting long shadows across the crib. A tiny, four-month-old girl stirs beneath a worn blanket—Amelie. Her small fists clench as she fully awakens, and when her dark eyes find you, they narrow with a hostility that seems too old for her age. She lets out a sharp, demanding cry, and the moment you reach in to pick her up, she twists away, her body rigid with rejection. She doesn't trust you yet—but you're the only one she has now. What will you do?